Popular Japanese professional wrestler and lawmaker Antonio Inoki, who faced a world boxing champion Muhammad Ali in a 1976 match that helped pioneer mixed martial arts as a huge spectator sport ...

TOKYO — A popular Japanese professional wrestler and lawmaker Antonio Inoki, who faced a world boxing champion Muhammad Ali in a mixed martial arts match in 1976, has died at 79. Inoki brought ...

Antonio Inoki, whose most famous moment on the world stage was an unorthodox exhibition match against boxing champion Muhammad Ali that aimed to settle which sport could beat the other ...

TOKYO, Japan — A popular Japanese professional wrestler and lawmaker Antonio Inoki, who faced world boxing champion and Louisville's own Muhammad Ali in a mixed martial arts match in 1976 ...

The late Antonio Inoki did ... But perhaps the thing Inoki will always best be remembered for is his 1976 fight against boxing legend and icon Muhammad Ali. While the fight itself had its own ...

TOKYO — A popular Japanese professional wrestler and lawmaker Antonio Inoki, who faced a world boxing champion Muhammad Ali in a mixed martial arts match in 1976, has died at 79. Inoki brought ...

The event, which takes place at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington, will honor pro wrestling great Antonio ... bouts was Inoki's 1976 exhibition against Muhammad Ali.

Antonio Inoki, a Japanese professional wrestling star turned politician, widely known for his match with Muhammad Ali and ties to North Korea, has died aged 79, after years of battling a rare ...

On October 1, one of the most influential figures in Japanese pro wrestling — Antonio Inoki — passed ... boxer" bout between Inoki and Muhammad Ali is certainly near the top of the list.

Muhammad Ali was quite ... to scratch in professional wrestling. Ali, a longtime pro wrestling fan, agreed to face Japanese professional wrestler Antonio Inoki in an exhibition bout, with the ...

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: Well, this is it - the 15th and final round of Muhammad Ali and Antonio Inoki. RASCOE: Antonio Inoki, one of the most renowned Japanese wrestlers, died this past week at age 79.